Movies Like Revisiting Samskara
If you liked Revisiting Samskara (2018), a movie directed by Ashwathi Rajakrishnan, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Sight (2023)
★ 6.4/10Ming Wang is an impoverished Chinese prodigy who flees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America. When tasked with restoring the sight of an orphan in India, who was blinded by her stepmother, Wang…
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Selma (2014)
★ 7.4/10"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing…
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The Vault of Horror (1973)
★ 6.4/10Five strangers trapped in a basement vault share their recurring nightmares: strange tales concerning family inheritance, obsessive neatness, east Indian mysticism, a life insurance scam, and an artist out for revenge.
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42 Up (1999)
★ 7.6/10Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
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57 Seconds (2023)
★ 6.2/10When a tech blogger lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him, he finds a mysterious ring that takes him back 57 seconds into the past.
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Vampire Academy (2014)
★ 6.3/10Rose, a rebellious half-vampire/half-human guardian-in-training and her best friend, Lissa -- a mortal, royal vampire Princess - have been on the run when they are captured and returned to St. Vladamirs Academy, the…
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The Clovehitch Killer (2018)
★ 6.4/10A picture-perfect family is torn apart after Tyler finds a cache of disturbing images in his father's possession. He begins to suspect that the man he trusts most in the world may be responsible for the murder of 13…
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The Godfather (1972)
★ 8.7/10Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son…
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Blood Diamond (2006)
★ 7.6/10An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the…
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Batman (1989)
★ 7.2/10Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of villains. But when a…
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
★ 6.8/10A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
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My Own Private Idaho (1991)
★ 7/10Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's…
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Spartacus (1960)
★ 7.5/10The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in…
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Flora & Ulysses (2021)
★ 6.5/10When Flora rescues a squirrel she names Ulysses, she is amazed to discover he possesses unique superhero powers, which take them on an adventure of humorous complications that ultimately change Flora's life--and her…
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The Souvenir: Part II (2021)
★ 6.4/10In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately…
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Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)
★ 6.8/10A documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.
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Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
★ 7.1/10A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
★ 6.1/10After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles…
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The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
★ 6.3/10An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is suspected of being crazy because…
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1992 (2024)
★ 6.9/10In 1992, Mercer is desperately trying to rebuild his life and his relationship with his son amidst the turbulent Los Angeles uprising following the Rodney King verdict. Across town, another father and son put their own…